- Walman is a former Navy surface warfare officer with over 30 years of Navy and Department of War experience
- Bowen has led ACAT II intelligence and electronic warfare programs and guided Army G2 modernization strategy
- Walman is serving as vice president of programs for the Navy League’s Northern Virginia Council
Chugach Government Solutions has hired Jon Walman and Eric Bowen as business development executives.
Walman will handle the Navy and Marine Corps business, and Bowen will take the Army portfolio, CGS said Tuesday.
Tom Fortunato, vice president of strategy and growth at CGS, said both appointments sharpen the company’s alignment with service priorities.
What Will Jon Walman Do for Chugach’s Navy Business?
Walman will lead opportunity development, customer engagement and enterprise capture work tied to the Department of the Navy. He brings more than three decades of experience supporting Navy and Department of War programs.
A former Navy surface warfare officer, Walman has worked in national security strategy, naval and expeditionary warfare, defense acquisition, digital transformation and emerging technologies. He serves as vice president of programs for the Navy League’s Northern Virginia Council.
Fortunato said Walman’s Navy market knowledge and approach to partnership building fit the company’s growth plans. Walman said he intends to match the company’s strategic direction to emerging Navy requirements.
What Army Experience Does Eric Bowen Bring to Chugach?
Bowen has more than 22 years of uniformed and civilian service in Army acquisition and command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or C5ISR.
He has managed multibillion-dollar C5ISR pipelines and led acquisition category II intelligence and electronic warfare programs. Bowen also guided Army G2 modernization strategy and oversaw test activities.
His capability integration work ranges from signals intelligence modernization to prototyping built on a modular open systems approach, along with operational test and evaluation.
CGS said its Army work spans base operations, specialized engineering support, test and evaluation, and modernization efforts.
Fortunato pointed to Bowen’s background in Army acquisition and modernization as a direct fit for expanding the company’s footprint in the Army. Bowen said he plans to connect the company’s capabilities to the Army’s operational and modernization needs.
